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Author : George Alfred Henty
Release : 1903
Genre : Venice (Italy)
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Book Synopsis The Lion of St. Mark by : George Alfred Henty
Download or read book The Lion of St. Mark written by George Alfred Henty. This book was released on 1903. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Garry Wills
Release : 2013-05-28
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 121/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Venice: Lion City by : Garry Wills
Download or read book Venice: Lion City written by Garry Wills. This book was released on 2013-05-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garry Wills's Venice: Lion City is a tour de force -- a rich, colorful, and provocative history of the world's most fascinating city in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when it was at the peak of its glory. This was not the city of decadence, carnival, and nostalgia familiar to us from later centuries. It was a ruthless imperial city, with a shrewd commercial base, like ancient Athens, which it resembled in its combination of art and sea empire. Venice: Lion City presents a new way of relating the history of the city through its art and, in turn, illuminates the art through the city's history. It is illustrated with more than 130 works of art, 30 in full color. Garry Wills gives us a unique view of Venice's rulers, merchants, clerics, laborers, its Jews, and its women as they created a city that is the greatest art museum in the world, a city whose allure remains undiminished after centuries. Like Simon Schama's The Embarrassment of Riches, on the Dutch culture in the Golden Age, Venice: Lion City will take its place as a classic work of history and criticism.
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Release : 1999-01-01
Genre : Bibles
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Book Rating : 976/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Gospel According to Mark by :
Download or read book The Gospel According to Mark written by . This book was released on 1999-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples. Unlike other gospels, his parables are obscure, to be explained secretly to his followers. With an introduction by Nick Cave
Author : G. A. Henty
Release : 2021-02
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Book Synopsis The Lion of St. Mark by : G. A. Henty
Download or read book The Lion of St. Mark written by G. A. Henty. This book was released on 2021-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lion of Saint Mark, representing Mark the Evangelist, pictured in the form of a winged lion holding a Bible, is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic.
Author : Leroy A. Huizenga
Release : 2017
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 245/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Loosing the Lion: Proclaiming the Gospel of Mark by : Leroy A. Huizenga
Download or read book Loosing the Lion: Proclaiming the Gospel of Mark written by Leroy A. Huizenga. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drama. Irony. Betrayal. Miracles. A holy war with the whole world at stake. And it’s all packed into the shortest of the four Gospels. Written in an engaging, lively, oral style, Loosing the Lion tells us how, despite being misunderstood and neglected throughout most of history, the Gospel of Mark has recently been experiencing a scholarly revival. Theologians are beginning to see how it is actually an intense, wild, impossible story told at a breakneck pace with twists and turns that shock and surprise those with eyes to see and ears to hear. Readers will be captivated by the Gospel’s literary brilliance, which brings us to the threshold of an encounter with the living Jesus, who reveals his mysteries, and ultimately himself, to those who approach him and dwell in his presence. And when we do encounter him, “The proper response is repentance, joining God’s army to be liberated, and once liberated, advancing the liberation of the whole cosmos, which, ultimately, is the content of the Gospel Jesus calls us to believe in. Liberation is coming. Join the resistance.”
